Live Music Professionals is a program for active independent promoters, live music venues, venue band bookers and venue managers who could use support in order to:

Improve a particular aspect of their business

Strengthen their overall business

Expand their knowledge in various fields relating their business

Build professional networks.

We encourage anyone to apply who resides in, and their primary business is active in the state of Victoria.

Eligibility Criteria

Independent Promoters: In order to apply for the Independent Promoters stream, applicants must have been running regular events for at least the past 12 months and in that time have run events independently, outside of working for a major promoter or venue.

Venues: The applicant must be employed by, or own a venue which supports original live music and hosts a minimum of 12 original live music performances each year. Applicants must be one of the following:

Venue owner

Venue manager

Band booker for the venue.

Participant spots are limited and a competitive selection process will operate. In addition to the eligibility criteria, sucessful participants must:

Reside in and have their primary business active in the state of Victoria

Commit to identifying an area/s of their business that require/s support

Commit to scheduling time to meet with the Live Music Professionals Project Manager in order to create a customised working plan for the program (regional participants will be visited by the project manager)

Actively participate in and utilise an online forum to discuss, share and receive advice regarding their business (participants with limited computer skills and/or social networking experience are encouraged to apply and will be given extra support in this area)

Attend various coaching sessions and/or workshops at the Music Victoria office or via Skype throughout the program